Antonio de Capmany Y Montpalau

Antonio de Capmany y Montpalau (November 24, 1742 – Cadis, Andalusia, November 14, 1813), Spanish polygraph, was born at Barcelona.

Antonio took part in the 1762 Spanish campaign in Portugal. He retired from the army in 1770, and was subsequently elected secretary of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid. His principal works are:

• Memorias históricas sobre la marina, commercio, y artes de la antigua ciudad de Barcelona (4 vols 1779–1792)
• Teatro histórico-critico de la elocuencia Española (1786)
• Filosofía de la elocuencia (1776)
• Cuestiones críticas sobre varios puntos de historia económica, política, y militar (1807)

Capmany died at Barcelona on the 14th of November 1813. His monograph on the history of his birthplace still preserves much of its original value.

A portrait of Antonio de Campmany, by Modesto Texidor, can be found in the Consulate Room at the Llotja School in Barcelona.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.